[TN-Bird] Note to self: don't forget the binoculars!

From: Laura Jennings McCall <laurajmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:16:09 -0500
3/24/12
It was a nice day for a drive but a lousy one to be without binoculars. Aargh! 
I would really love to have gotten better looks at some of these:

An Osprey (!) overhead on Hwy 64 just west of Fayetteville (Lincoln Co).  I was 
surprised but certain of its identification. I was driving over a bridge, and 
the maps online call it Hayes Branch, but I think the marker read Cane Creek. 

All of the large road cuts between Fayetteville and Lawrenceburg (Lincoln, 
Giles, Lawrence Counties) had swallows swooping around. I can't say which ones.

About 1 mile east of Frankewing (Giles County), I saw an odd dove alone on a 
power line. It was very light all over and unmarked except for the tail, which 
was dipped in black. I actually went back to look at this one, but without 
binoculars, that's just about all I could tell. It seemed to have a shape and 
size like a Eurasian Collared-dove. My guess is an oddly-colored pigeon. Any 
other thoughts?

Also, last week (3/19) on my drive to Franklin, I saw a Loggerhead Shrike in 
Rover, TN (Bedford County). I was driving on Hwy 41A, and I saw it just south 
of the air field. I think the road that was right there was called Air Port 
Loop.  Anyway, always nice to see a shrike.

Here at home in Lynchburg, my mockingbirds have been doing imitations of Great 
Crested Flycatchers this week, and I suspect the E. Kingbird I heard was really 
a Mockingbird, too.  I'm keeping an eye/ear out for the real thing!

Laura McCall
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